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Ellen Germain notes importance of ‘maintaining the independence of such institutions,’ as Netanyahu said seeking to appoint political ally as chairperson of museum

Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the most violent street confrontations among African asylum seekers and migrants in Tel Aviv in recent memory.

In our news wrap Saturday, President Biden and the first lady surveyed the damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida, India launched a spacecraft to study the sun’s atmosphere, politician and diplomat Bill Richardson, who negotiated the release of several Americans

As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.

Yariv Levin and other ministers argue day’s unrest is proof of need to overhaul judicial system; police chiefs back cops who used live fire against rioters

White House says ‘there was no indication’ DeSantis would snub Biden visit after Idalia  Fox News

He understood our longings. May he find a cheeseburger in paradise, .medium rare with Muenster’d be nice.

Some 100,000 protest against government in Tel Aviv after day of migrant rioting in city; attendees urged to donate blood to the injured

The Democrat also served as energy secretary for Bill Clinton and had aspired to be the country’s first Hispanic president.

WASHINGTON — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75. The